#488BDB#488BDB

#488BDB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.139 H 254.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#488BDB
RGBrgb(72, 139, 219)
HSLhsl(213, 67%, 57%)
HSVhsv(213, 67%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(67.1%, 36.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LABlab(57.03, 4.22, -47.12)
CIE-LCHlch(57.03, 47.31, 275.12°)
OKLaboklab(63.02% -0.0377 -0.1339)
OKLCHoklch(63.02% 0.139 254.3)
XYZxyz(24.6866, 24.9549, 70.5199)
Luminance0.2496 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#488BDB #DB9848
analogous
#48D5DB #488BDB #4F48DB
triadic
#488BDB #DB488B #8BDB48
tetradic
#488BDB #DB48D5 #DB9848 #48DB4F
square
#488BDB #DB48D5 #DB9848 #48DB4F
split-complementary
#488BDB #DB4F48 #D5DB48
monochromatic
#1C4F8D #266CC0 #488BDB #7BABE5 #AECCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51
#488BDB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99
#488BDB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BDB
5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##488BDB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##488BDB1.003.515.995.99
#FFFFFF3.511.0021.0021.00
#0000005.9921.001.001.00
##0000005.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6790DE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5283D9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009EA8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #488bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.139 254.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aace6',
    500: '#488bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #488bdb;
$custom-light: #8aace6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#488bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.653,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63023,
    "c": 0.13913,
    "h": 254.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#488BDB
secondary
#DDC2A2
accent
#9C3EEA
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F1F4FC
border
#CBCED5
text
#0D1016
muted
#7E7F84

Preview Lab

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#488BDB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva